Sun 25 May

Another beautiful day - wow! The leaves here are not as full as in Madison, but that means we get to experience the joy of seeing them fill out all over again. It was such a thrill to see all the green and blossoms this weekend. Really enjoyed spending time with you. Wish we could have connected with the wedding out west, but we did try. We parked in the far quietest end of the Woodman's parking lot and I rushed through shopping to be back to the car by about 2:50. We tried connecting on FaceTime with everyone who might have an iPhone with no luck. You didn't have a Skype connection person, so when we couldn't reach anyone by the time it was meant to start, we stopped trying so we wouldn't disturb them and went on with our erranding. I had a text from Suman about 1:25(3:25) that Kyle was the person to contact, but I didn't get the text til we were at dinner at 5:15 and he was not responding. Saw the beautiful picture on Facebook. Hope someone took some video. Attended a baptismal party for Leighton Elizabeth Karlen today. Couldn't go to the actual baptism as it took place at St. Stan's after the 9:00 am mass and I was scheduled to cantor at 10:30 at Newman, but we attended the family brunch at Holiday Inn afterward. Aunt Jeanette looked well and very happy to have her family around. Leone was invited but didn't really feel up to a social event. Saw all the Karlen clan: Joan and Jack, Tom and his girlfriend Annette, Paul (the grandfather) and his ex, Candy, and Paul's other children, John and wife Margaret, and Jackie with fiancé. Andrew (the dad) and his wife Yanna (who is South American) have a 2-year-old son Preston. Her parents were also there. Dad and I took a nice walk along the river (with the freshly hatched mosquitos) and finished with a trip to King Kone. Food: 7:25 am Morning bun, 39 g raspberries, 68 g blackberries, coffee 12:45 pm Scrambled eggs w/cheese, fresh fruit, green beans, cauliflower/broccoli, rice pilaf, blueberry muffin, sm piece salmon w/chopped tomato, slice lemon poppyseed cake 3:00 pm Kettle corn 6:00 pm Ham/gruyere croissant from Batch (YUM!!!) 8:00 pm Small cup berry chocolate chunk ice cream Exercise: 5:50-6:40 am Ballet DVD 6:40-7:15 am Cardio Salsa DVD 6:45-7:50 pm Walk along the river with Dad